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HEINRICH DEGENER; OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

LINE SETTING AND CASTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed May 20, 1908. Serial No. 433,954.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH DEGE'NER,

of 26 Hollmannstrasse, Berlin, German'Empire, mana er, having invented certain new and useful mprovements in or Relating to Line Setting andCastin Machines, do here by declare that-the f lowing isan exact specification of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in.

line-setting and casting machines known under the name of Monoline machines in which matrices are used which display several superposed characters.-

The object of the improvements is to increase the output of the machine as well as the strength and durability of the same and also of the matrices used therein.

The working of a setting machine provided with the improvements according to this invention is very much the same as the working of hitherto known machines of this kind. The matrix bars stored in the magazine are set into a line by means of a releasing and receiving mechanism 0 erated from the keyboard, then carried to t 1e lace of casting, adjusted and justified, w ereupon the matrix line is cast. While the line cast is trimmed and placed on a line galley next to others already finished, 'the matrix line moves into a position where it is loosened, and whereu on the single matrlx bars are again broug t back into their corresponding magazine compartments or. chambers by means of a distributing device. In themachine according to this invention, there are importantimprovements in most parts as compared to known machines.

show the oscillator mechanism used in the machine, namely Figs. 5 and 6 one form of construction in elevation from the right hand side and from the front respectively, the latter view partly in section; Figs. 7 to 9 a second construction respectively in front elevation, plan, and a view seen from the right hand side of the driving or operating levers. Figs. 10 to 18 illustrate the collector mechanism; Fig. 10 being a front elevation, Fig. 11 a horizontal section on line A-B of Fig. 10, Fig. 12 a side elevation of a matrix with a separate roove for the locking pawl; Figs. 13 to 'ifiustrate the working of the pawls, Fig. 13 showing the pawls in withdrawn and Fig. 14 in advanced position, Fig. 15 being a erspective view, Fi s. 16 to 18 show a modi ed construction of the pawls respectively infront elevation, plan and per spective.

fast the collected matrices; Fig. 19 being a horizontal section. of the one construction of the collector carriage, While the Fig. 21 shows the same car riage in released and sliding-back position.

Figs. 19 to 25 show three con- :structions of the collector carriage holding Fig. a back view Figs. 22 and 23 show in horizontal section a second construction respectively in locked and released position, Figs. 24 and 25 are corresponding sections of a third construc tion. Figs. 26 to 29 show the large front plate of,the niachine; Fig. 26 showing its mounting in the machine in front elevation.

with the casting block left out. Fig. 27 showing the front plate on an enlar ed scale with the withdrawing slide in front elevation. Fig. 28 in plan and Fig. 29 in section on line 0-D of Fig. 27. Figs. 30 to 32 illustrate devices for preventing insufficiently justified lines from being cast; Fig. 30 showing the machine in front elevation with the safety device added, and Figs. 31 and 32 showing modified constructionsfor locking the same. Figs. 33 to represent the line-carria c; Fig. 33 being the front view, Fig. 34 the slde view and Fig. 35 the plan view of same.

In-the plan of the machine, Fig. 1, thetable of the machine is marked 1, the keyboard 2, the magazine in which different kinds of matrices and space-blocks are stored 3, the collector for receiving the matrices and arranging them side by side 4, the line carriage 5 carries them to the casting block 6, and the casting pot 7 from which the molten metal is poured out into the casting mold 8. The line galley marked 9 is used for arranging the finished cast lines side by sidc; 10 is the withdrawing slide used for loosening the lines; 11 is the distributing device'of the machine by means of which the matrices are 1 again conveved into the magazine; 12 is the shaft with toothed wheels and coupling.

which the front matrix is standing.

The magazine or case (Fig? 2) consists of several cross channels, 28, in which the matrices are accumulated to be carried to the longitudinal canals. The width of the same corresponds to the thickness of the matrices. In the longitudinal canals of which, in the drawing, the front one is visible owing to the wail being omitted, the matrices are standing on foot-boards 21. Be-

neath the foot boards 21 each of the canals possesses a slide 25mm the extension 27 on At each release of a matrix, a device, not visible in the drawing, presses against the projection 22 of that ol' the locking levers 23 which belongs to the corresponding slide, whereby the finger 24 releases the slide 25 which is then withdrawn backwards by the springs 26. In this way, the iron tmatrix which is standing on the extension 27 of the slide, can freely tall downwardsin order to be further used for the purposes of the machine, and on the other hand a new matrix can slide from the cross-canal 28 corresponding to the kind of matrix in question, into the longitudinal canal where it arrives in front of the finger 29 of the retracted slide 25. The slide is' then brought back into its original position in the well known manner, its finger 29 pushing in front of it the whole series of matrices and advancing each matrix to the extent of one place.

In order to enable the slide-fingers 29 to be made as thick as possible, and on the other hand to revent the slides from simultaneously pus ing several matrices sliding outside by side from the canal, the following device according to this invention is used. The matrices which are accumulated, as said before, in the various cross-channels 28, are suspended on slide-bars 30, on which they slide down in the longitudinal canals. Each of these slide-bars 30 come so far towards the front wall of the corresponding,longitudinal canal of the magazine that each time only one matrix can fall down from the said bar 30 on the foot-board 21, and the slides 25, as

' well as the fingers 29 are made. of thick ma terial, the latter, however, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 being chamlered 15, so that its front edge is narrower than that of the matrix, which it has to advance; When a slide advances, it pushes with its front edge only the first matrix in the canal 20 and ashes it forward, while other matrices sti l suspended on the slide bar 30, are pushed back by the charhfered edge of the finger 29. Owing to this arrangement, not only the slides themselves are rendered stronger tha-nhitherto,

so that it canno longer bend or break, but an entirely new result is obtained, that the matrices on the slide-bars are each time pushed corner 41". the following: The matrix-slide 25 being by the chamfercd slide fingers, and, owing to their movement, a reliable shdmg-down of the matrices onto the bars 30 1s insured. In

this way, the shaking device hitherto used ment on the fingers of projections 31 which,

during the advance of the slides, cover the cross-canals 28 to" such an extent that the next matrices cannot slide through behind the fingers and thus load to interference with correct action. I

The ()scillazm'.'lhe oscillator is the oscillating mechanism which is coupled at times to a continuously rotating. driving spindle by means of the matrix-slides 25, of which eaclrtime one springs back and releases one matrix, and during its oscillation l'orwa rd, following such coupling, it brings back the released matrix-slide. This is actuated by means of a system of pawls 41 which are as much in number as the matrix-slides 25. As

shown in Figs. 6 and 7 eight pawls are provided corresponding to the eight matrixslides and the eight sorts of matrices genen ally used in the Monoline-n1achine. lhe rear ends of the matrix-slides 25am shown in Fig. 5, signed with the reference-minioral 42. One of these matrix slide -ends -12 comes, at each release of a matrix, in touch 'to be pushed forward av little beyond the point where the attaching-hookof the lever 23 and the slide are locked under the tension of the mentioned spring. Therefore it is to be prevented that all the pawls 41 get into engagement with'their respective matrix? slides, for otherwise a severe shock would take place by which some parts of the os cillator mechanism might be destroyed. Therefore the pawls 41 of the Figs. 59 formed as eccentrics in such a manner that the upper corner 41* has smaller distance from the pivot center of 41 than the lower This 'device acts as described in pulled back by means of the. spring 26 (Fig. 2) comes with its rear end 42 into engagement with its respective pawl 41 shown in' The oscillator- Fig. 5 in full-line position. now is rocked forward and the eccentric pawl 41 pushes the matrix-slide into a state of rest. During this movement the eccentricAl moves on its pivot and rolls on the rear edge of the slide, this slide being forced in consequence of the specially curvedform of the pawl 41 to push forward with a greater us the slide into its utmost left position as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 while the other ands 41 are prevented to cooperate with t eir respective slides, because they assume by gravity such an utmost left position that they rest on their resting rod and the distance 41 from pivot being shorter than 41 from pivot, they remain out of contact with their slides.

During the tilting motion of the oscillator, this mechanism performs three separate functions 'It brings back .the matrix-slide,

drives the collector pusher and operates the stop-bar returnfork. Each of these three movements executed by the oscillator must take place at "a given point of its oscillating path. For this purpose, as shown in the Figs. 5 and 6, 1n the swinging oscillatorframe 36 is mounted a roller 37 which is moved by the camdisk 38 so soon as the spindle 39 supporting the said cam-disk is coupled to the continuously rotating pulley 40. When such a movement takes place, the oscillator frame 36 swinging forward, pushes by means of the eccentrics 41 supported by, it, the matrix-slides which had sprung back into their original osition, and then the oscillator is brought ack to the position of rest shown in Fig. 5, by means of a spring not shown in the drawing. The link 43 serves to return the stop-bars and is secured to the stop-bar-withdrawing-fork which is not shown in the drawing. The

" link 44 serves to move the collector-pusher.

These two links are respectively connected to separate oscillating levers 45 and 46, which are both rotatably mounted on a spindle 47. Each oscillating lever 45 and 46 is provided on the inside with a stop respectively indicated by 48 and 49, and the oscillator-frame carries two downward extensions and 51 which, in the osition of rest, are removed from the saic stops 48 and 49- to a certain extent. When the oscillator frame swings forward, its extensions 50 and 51 come, at a point to be exactly determined, in contact with the stops of the two oscillating levers, and thus drive the two links 43 and 44 in the manner required for the working of the setting mechanism.

The return of the two bars is effected by means of springs not shown in the drawlng.

The coupling of this new oscillator, as will be seen from Figs. 5 and 6, is operated in the following manner.

. The loosepulley 40 continuously rotating on the spindle 39, is secured to a hub 52 provided with lateral teeth. and formed 1 as a coupling disk.

To the spindle 39 is connected, by means of a groove and feather 53,21 disk54 corresponding to the above mentioned coupling disk 52 and tending j to be pressed by means of springs 55 against the other coupling half 52; the disk 54 is provided with a cam projection 56 against which, in the position of rest as shown in 5, abuts a finger 57 provided back and rotates the anchor 61 about its spindle or pin 62. Under the action of the springs 55, the disk 54 is pushed towards the right on the feather 53, becomes coupled to the rotating disk 52, and the spindle 39 is rotated, whereby? the roller secured to the oscillator frame is raised by the cam disk 38 and the oscillator turned forward. In this movement it pushes the matrix-slide'which had been retracted into its position of rest, and the anchor 61,- the rods 59, and the cam 57 fall back again into their position of rest by gravity or under the action of a separate spring, and the cam-face of the coupling half 54 again comes into engagement with the corresponding cam-face of the finger 57, whereby the disk 54 is brought out of engagement with the teethof the disk 52.

The construction of oscillator shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, is provided with the san ie coupling, but the driving of the return fork for the stop-bars and of the collector-pusher is not affected in this construction by the swinging oscillator frame by means of separate stops, as was the case in the preceding construction. In this construction the matrix-slides are also forced back by means of the swinging oscillator-frame 36, and the said oscillator frame is caused to move by means of a roller 37 and cam-disk 38, but each of the two connecting rods 43 and 44 operating the collector-pusher and the return fork for the stop-bars, is provided with a separate lever 67 and 68 respectively, each of which carries a separate roller 63 and 64 which are moved respectively by cam-disks 65 and 66 of the spindle 39. Fig. 9 shows the lever 67 used for withdrawing the stopbars and the oscillating frame, seen from the right hand side. It follows therefrom that it iseasily possible, by arranging in any desired manner three independent cam-disks 38, 6 5 and 66, to effect'the movement of the matrixslides, of the collector-pusher and of the returning fork in the manner which appears suitable for each of the same.

The present invention relates to a collector in which the single rulers,bars,pawls or the like forming the bottom of the collector may be used when required either as bottoms. the collector or as looking pawls. By this arrangement the above mentioned advantably mounted on a In Figs. 10 and I1 the'collector body which in the main consists of a plate fastened on the frame of the machine is marked the'front collector wing 71 and the back collector wing 72, the matrix sliding down bar 69, the 001- lector pusher 97, all these arts working in exactly the same way as in 'nown constructions. The matrices fall down from the magazine, the collector-body 70 itself at the back, the sliding down rail on the right hand side, and the wings 71 and 7 2 in front and onthe left hand side, forming toget-her a box acting as a guide. Afterthe'matrix l) as fallen downinto the box onto a bottom formed in the manner hereinafter described it is pushed out by the pusher 97 from the collector on to the ruler or bar 98 shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The col:

' lector pusher is made of such height that it extends from the top to the fixed bottom 86 of the collector, so that the matrix to be ad vanced comes to rest against as large a surface as ossible and cannot tilt backwards during the advance. The pusher is provided in well-known manner with projections or sto s 117 and 118 which, during the advance,

str1 'e the blocks 99 and 119 of the wings 71 and 72 and open out the wings so that the road for the matrices is free. The bottom of the collector has the pur )ose to catch up the matrices falling -don n rom the magazine, but the matrices hax ng several different characters, must he caught in such a number of different heights as different characters on one matrix. Therefore besides the fixed bottom 86 of the collector the bottom may le formed in the following manner. On the bolt or in'73 (Figs. 1315) are rotatably mounter several double armed levers 74; the number of which depends on, the characters on onemat rixdiar, the said number in the construction illustrated being, for instance, 12. The shape of the said levers is shown in Figs. 13 and 14. One arm 7 5 of each lever is sharpened at the end like a knife, for being used as a pawl engaging with. a groove at the .matrix, as later descril'ed, and engages with the slotsin the back wallof the collector bod y, and the other arm terminates in' a hook shaped projection 76, the point of which engages with the hook-shaped point of a second double armed lever 7 7, the latter being rota- These bars, as in the 'nown constructions, are the slides which are intended to form the bottom of the collector; they are guided in front of the key -board-box on pins by means of oblique slots and advanced forwards to the left when the keys are struck,

the bar advancing each time being the one corresponding to the height or level of that letter on the matrix-bar the key for which has been depressed. To the bottom side of the point of each bar is riveted'a triangular in' 79 on a l-ar .78.

comes to lie onthe leverof the next lower bar. Springs 83 always hold the points of the twoleve'rs '74, 77 in engagement.

When the bars 78 are all in the-position of rest (Fig. 13) all the lever arms 7 5 have retreated into the slots of the collector back Wall, but if, by striking a key of the keyboard, a bar is advanced (Fig. 14) then the block 81 arranged on its bottom side is.

moved awayfrom the cam face 82 of the next lower lever 77 and releases the same, so that, owing to the action of the spring 83, the two levers 74 and '77 are oscillated and the lever end 75 comes out from the back wall of the collector. In this way, a bottom is formed in the collector, on to which the matrix (Fig. 15) falls. Simultaneously, the lever 77 secured to the bar 78 is moved forwards to the left. Its arm 82 slides during that movement, on the cam-face of the block 81 of the next highest bar, in such manner that it cannot make any movement relatively to the advanced bar, but its point slides down from the point 84 of the lever 74 and releases thelatter, so that it can rotate until the hook-shaped parts of the two levers again come into engagement. This takes place so that only the knife-like sharpened art of the arm 75 can comeout from the back wall of the collector. If, therefore, one of the bars 78 is advanced. the two adjoining levers 74 are moved thereby, the bottom one to such an extent that it forms a bottom for the'collector, and the upper one only to such an extent that it projects from the back wall of the collector like a spring pawl. The matrices (Figs. 12 and .15), in addition to the recesses for the type characters and the alining grooves may also be provided with the well known groove 85 which has, however, a shape "slightly dillerent from the known one. When the, matrix is discharged into the collector,- it engages with its foot.,with the lever 5 forming the bottom, while the next highe t lever 75 operating as a locking pawl, engages with the groove 85 of the matrix and prevents it from springing up again. In place of the; groove 85 one of the type grooves may be used, or,-if the bottoms enter the collector from the other side, one of the back grooves, The shape of the groove. may be any desired.

If it be desired to bring the matrix into its lowest position, it is discharged onto a fixed bottom 86 (Fig. 10) in the collector, while the last lever 87 noises a pawl. The uppermost of the levers 7 4 acts only as a pawl, and therefore the driving lever 77 corresponding to it, can be rigidly secured to the upperbar. The lowest lever is arranged onthe collector casing and is moved by the block 81' of the lowest bar.

' A second construction in accordance with the present invention is shown in Figs. 16 to 18. In this case also, the pawls forming the .bottom of the collector are at the same timeutilized as locking pawls for the matrices,

but, unlike in the first construction the 'whole system of levers for moving the said pawls is made separate and in the osition of rest is not in any way connecte with the bars 78, so that,.when the keys are struck, the said system of levers is not affected by unintentional movements of the said bars 'rodueed thereby. The levers 90 which also orm locking pawls, are rotatably mounted about pins 91 in levers 92 and are held by springs 93 (Fig. 17) in engagement with the i act aslocking pawls.

stop pins 94. Spring-controlled pins 95 press the levers 90 into the slots of the collector back wall. The bars are rovided with projections 96 which, on the a Vance of the bars, act on the ends of the levers 92 and press them back, so that the levers 90 thus come out from the slots. Each of the projections 96 always acts simultaneously on two superposed levers 92, but they are arranged in such manner .that they move the upper lever only-a little, so that the correspon g lever can come out only as a locking pawl while the bottom lever is moved out to such an extent that it forms the bottom of the collector. As the levers 90 are mounted on the levers 92'by means of springs, they can lollector carriage.FoI the improved monoline machine according to the present invention, the construction of collector-carriage illustrated in Figs. 19 to 25 may be used. The "collector carriage is intended to hold fast the. matrix-line while it is. 'being formed, that is to say to prevent the matrices set in the collector and arranged in a row on the bar, from falling down until the line has been completely set, and thereupon to return to the original position, in order to be ready for the next line. The princi le common to three improved systems of collector carriage hereinafter described is as follows: In a carriag'e;or slide block 250 moving in suitable horizontal guides 107 on the inner side of the matrices are arranged in a row, and the flat tened front end 101 of the sliding member 100 hes against thefirst matrix thereby holding the matrix-line... In the sa. 1e measure as the matrixline increases by adding matrices,

the member 100 together with the collectorcarriage yield to the left hand side, always pressed against the first matrix by means of the spring 106, the other end of which is fastened to the frame of the machine. If the line is ready the collectorcarriage must be released to deliver the matrices in the well known manner to the line carriage. For this purpose the back, nd of the member 100 rests, under the pressure of a spring 103, against a perforated or recessed plate 104. This plate is movably located in the slide block 250 and pressed by a spring-controlled iston 111 to the left. When the matrixine is almost completed, the above mentioned recessed plate 104, striking a stop 105, 'moves in such a Way that the positively guided slide s rings into the recess 110 of the said sliding plate and thus releases the mat rices, whe'reu on the spring 106 brings back to its origina position, the collector-carriage sliding in, grooves 107.

In Figs. 19 to 21 the sliding member 100 is guided in a curved path in the collector carriage, and a. tappet lever 108 projecting into a recess 109 of the sliding member mediates to press the latter against the sliding plate 104. Fig.21 shows the ositioninwhich the slide 100 is released. he slide springs so far behind the front surface of the small front plate 112, that during the return of the carriage into its original position, the point 101 of the slide does not come into contact with the face of the matrix. This is a great advantageover some old systems of collector-carriages -in which, during the sliding back of the collector-carriage, the oint of a holding finger slides over the type ace'of the matrix and, wears it out to a great extent. The travel of the said tappet lever 108 is limited at top by the in 113 and at bottom by the pin 114. Sfiortly before the collector-carriage has returned to its original position the upper arm 115 of the tappet lever 108 strikes. a stop 116, whereby it is again forced to the left and drives the slide 100 forwards, so that the latter is again ready to hold fast the matrices pushed from the col lector over the locking pawl 117. I

Figs. 22 and 23 show a collectoncarriage in which the sliding member 100 moves not in a curved but in a rectangular path, namely in an oblique direction away from the matrix line. Owing to this obhque arrangement,

the slidin member does not slide on the last matrix w en springing back, but is lifted off in a frictionless manner.

The device shown in. Figs. 24 and 25 is similar to the last preceding one in so,'far as that theslidingmember 100 is guided in a rectilinear manner. The same is also locked by a recessed slide-plate 104 and springs back under the-action of a spring 103 after the sliding plate 104, o n strikin against the stop 105, as moved in the collector-carriage and the recesses 110 have moved beyond the slide. The collector carriage being no longer held by the matrices, moves thereupon under the action of the spring constructions, back to its original position, but the slide 100 is advanced again in a different manner. The sliding member is pro vided with a special cam-face 251 with which the edge 252 of the sliding plate cooperates as soon as the latter, shortly before the carriage has returned to its original position, has struck the stop 116. This causes the sliding plate to move in the carriage to the left, and the edge 252 presses against the cam-face 251 of the slide and thus again'advances it.

Line carriager-The present construction of a line carriage allows, that the space between the assembling mechanism and the key-board remains free from other mechan isms by making use of the locking wing 230 (see Figs. 3335) attached to the right of the upper part of main carriage casting 231,

and ms part 231 projects as much as is necessary in order to place the guide-bar 246 between the main carriagebody and the ma chine. The wing 230 moves to the same utmost right point as does the locking wing (H of the former systems of line-carriages.- By this the space between the assembler and the key-board in front of the machine has not to be reserved for the carriage moving to its utmost right position and may be used for other mechanisms, specially for the assembling and detaining mechanisms as illustrated in Fig. 12.

The following is a description of the carriage: The wing 230 is attached to a sleeve 232 and swings vertically on the upper guide rod under the tension of the sprmg 233.

The under part of tire wing corresponds with a pawl 235, pushed upwards by means of a iston 234. The wing is released shortly before the line-carriage, returning from the distributing point on its way, has taken place in its utmost right position, whereby the wing having swung out to an angle of 45 degrees, may not collide with the assembled matrixbars. When the carriage has reached the utmost right point of its way the wing is locked by means of a lever or handle similar to prior systems. The jaw 236 is moved, such as known, by turnin the screw sleeve 237 that may be tightened on a corresponding guide rod by means of a slitte'd ring 238 so that a diiferent length of line of bars may be assembled in the carriage. In order to render the carriage capable of taking charge of lines of many different lengths the jaw 239 is fitted to the part 236 by tongued and grooved joint, whereby the jaw may be readily removed from 236 and another jaw of a differ ent' length may be substituted. The screw shaft 237 is turned by the rack-gear 240 241, moved by the bent and indented lever 106, as in the preceding front plate 185.

provided with an eye or lug 1 .The front plate is.

242. tical leg a small pivoted ball sliding on a curved bar 245 united with the frame of the machine and is held to it under the tension of spring 244. This curved bar is higher at those points of the way of the carriage which This lever bears on the end of its ver require the carriage be unlocked and causes by its special profile the turning of the screw sleeve 237, the moving of the jaw 2362.."9 and an increase or decrease of the distance between this aw and the wing 230 the effect being to loosen or to fasten the hold of the carriage on the line. The bar 246 attached 'to the carriage serves as ledge or shoulder bearing the lower ends of the matrices after the line of type is released by the depressor.

Large front Zate.-Before the single matrices are sorted back into their correspondingcase compartments the matrix line cast,

must be loosened and so, prepared that the. different lengths of matrix hooks become operative. This is effected by pulling out the wedge-portions of the space-bars between the side-parts thereby rendering them thinner so that the line which up to that timejustified, becomes loose, and the brought with their bottom edges This operation is effected was firmly matrices are on the same level.

' by means of a withdrawing device consisting of a frame-shaped vertically adjustable slide 186 which, after the matrix-line has been cast and the casting mold together with the cast type line advanced, moves downwards and presses against the u per ends of the wedge-portion of the space are thereby pulling them outbetween its side parts and rendering the space-bars thinner. At the same time the slide 186 presses against the upper shoulder-like edges of the matrices and brings them downwards to one level. This Withdrawing frame is moved bymeans of a separate auxiliary spindle, and is guided by means of two vertical slide bars 187, 188 in two T-shaped grooves 192, 193 arranged on the so-called large front plate. This front :late forms the front guide for the matrix line going to the casting block, To prevent that the matrices during the passage along worn out, on'

the large front-plate become the front-plate according to the present in-- vent/ion only the left hand guide bar 187 has been left on the front face of the front plate, the right hand bar 188 being moved to the back. Figs. 26-29 illustrate such a large The upper part of the withdrawing device, the bottom edge of whiclris used'for pulling out the space wedges and for depressing the matrices, is marked 186. The left hand guide ledge of the withdrawing device is marked 187, the'right hand one 188, and the bottom portion of the same 18$), is 90, in which is pivoted a rod from an. auxiliary spindle. provided with a slot 191 erase? through which the castin mold projects during the casting of the 'e, in order to press closely against the matrix line. The two T-shaped guide slots in the front plate are marked 192 and 193, and ledges 187 and 188 slide'vertically in the same. As will be seen from the figures, the matrices brought in from the right hand side, slide in this construction over the smooth front side of the large front plate, and the groove 193 arranged on the back, does not afiect the matrices. The left hand groove 192 does not matter as regards the wear, as the lines i move towards the left only up to the slot 191.

Owing to this construction, the upper portion 186 on the right hand side had to be made in the sha e of a bridge, and is therefore, provided with a lug 196. The same is riveted or bolted to the guide ledge 188 with the insertion of a distance piece 197, and the front plate is provided witha slot 198 into which the distance piece 197 can enter if the withdrawing frame descends in its deepest pof ition. d Z

um sto 'ng evice or tnsuficie nt 3 "ust'ified Bites- 31 setting the matrix line between the single words space-bars are in-' serted which consist, as said before, each of a wedge portion movable between two spring like side parts. In driving in, or withdrawing the wedge portion, the space-bar is rendered thicker or thinner respectively. Fig. 30 shows a set line consisting 0 matrices 200 and space bars 201. The wedge portions of the space bars are driven in by the justifier shoe 202moved from the main shaft of the machine in a manner not visible on the drawing. In the case of a loosely set matrix line, it may happen that the space wedges even when driven in very strongly, are not sulficient, for justifying the line so firmly that the matrices should lie close on each other.

In such a case on casting the line, small, ar-

ticles of metal get into the interme iate spaces between each two matrices whereby a' bur is formed which, in printing causes picks and isliable to make the line unsuitable for printing. To. obviate the above drawback, the machine according to the present invention is provided with a device which, when the line is incompletely justified, that is to say, when the s aces are driven in too far, renders-impossib e a movement of the pump plungen. The line I Fig. 30 indicatesthat position of the bottom edge of the spacesivhich they reach when the wedges are completely driven in or in too far. Line II indicates the level for completely withdrawn wedges.

During the setting, the pump lunger is stopped, a lever 215 recessed at t e top engaging with its shoulde1-217 under the pump ever 216 serving to operate the pump plunger. On the pivot pin 214 of the lever 215 a small lever 213 is keyed and a spring 218 has the. tendency to move the lever 215 away from the' pump plunger. The said movement is prevented from taking place by the lever 213 being connected by a rod 212 to a lever 21.0 pivoted at 209, albcking lever 211 bing-secured to the pivot pin of the latter lever.- With the upper edge of the said looking lever en ages one arm of a bell crank lever rotatab e on a pin 204'and pressed by a small spring, 206 against the stop 207. The spindle 209 and the pin 204- are carried, on the machine frame. The upper end of the other arm 203 of the bell crank lever is about onetenth of a millimeter below the line I, that is to say, onetenth of a millimeter below that level which corres onds to the bottom edge of the com letely riven in space wedges, the position 0 parts illustrated being the position of rest. If now an insufficiently justified line moves from the setting to the casting point, the bottom edge of the space wedges which have been driven in too far or high move above the upper point of the bell crank lever branch 203 towards the'left and do not come into contact with the latter, so that the whole mechanism remains at rest, and no casting can take place' If, however, the line be sufficiently justified, then the space wedges project so low that upon the movement to the left, the first space wedges strikes the upper branch 203 of t 1e bell crank lever,- whereby the latter is turned to the left and the branch 205 releases the locking lever 211. In consequence of this, the spindle 209 and the lever 210 rotate, the rod 212, the levers 213 and 215 move under the influence of the action of the spring 218 towards the right and the lever 215 is disengaged from the pump lever, so that the latter can IIIOVC and casting take place.

The return of the parts into the original position is brought about by the returning line carriage 219 provided with a pawl 220 which presses downwards the arm 222 connected to the locking lever 211 whereby the levers of the spindles 209 and 214 are moved to the left against the pull of the spring 218. At the same time, the spring 206 pulls the bell crank lever branch 205 upwards until the latter strikes tho'pin 207 whereby the edge of the branch 205 again locks thclocking lever 211. The pawl 220 is rotatably mounted in the line carriage, in such manner that during the movement of the line carriage from the setting to the casting point, the said pawl slides over the end of the lever arm 222 without pressing it downwards. During the return of the carriage, however the said pawl engages with the pin 22land is thus fixed and becomes operative.

Figs. 31 and 32 show two constructions of a pawl device by which the bell crank lover rotated by the space wedges, is locked in the outermost left hand position, So that it cannot spring back under the action of thespring moves under the action of the spring 218 mains in contact with the concave side of the arm 203.

below the fulcrum 204 of the bell crank lever. l

It now the 'bell crank lever is turned into" the dotted position, the locking lever 2,11

(Fig. 30) to the right to the same extent, so that the point of lever arm 205 always relever 211. As the said curvature is situated eccentrically of the circular path described by the pointer the lever arm 205, the bell crank lever will be braked in even position of the lever 205 whatever he the level of the bottom edges of the spaces between the up per end 203 and the line 11 during the release so that the said bell crank lever will be locked in its left hand position. A similar action is obtained in the construction shown in Fig. 32, by shiftin the fulcrum 209 of the lockingv lever 211 so rar to the left that, when the lever 203 is turned to the left and the locking lever 211 released, the latter is caused by the spring 218 to fall to the right in such a mannor that. it presses on the upper edge of the lever arm 205 and prevents it from-going back, a pin 224 limiting the movement of the.

It is possible by simple constructive means to cause the lever 211 to make a sufiicientl large movement when the safety device is disengaged, in. spite of thesmall movement of the lever 215.

l'laving thus fully described the nature of my invention, what 1 desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United, States is:

. 1. The combination with a matrix -bar magazine having separate chambers for each species of matrix and delivery-channels arranged substantially at right angles to each matrix-chamber, of matrix. slides supporting the matrix-bars in the channels and each having a finger to push forward the matrices each linger cooperating with the thin sorts of matrices being thicker than these matrices and having a chaml cred i'ace substantially as described.

2. The combination with a matrix -bar magazine having separate chambers for each species of matrix-and delivery-channels arranged subst uially right angles to each 1natrix-chamber, of matrix slides supporting the :matrinbars in the channels and each having a finger to pushforward the matrices each finger cooperating with the thin sorts of matrices being thicker than these matrices and having a chamiered face and a front edge which is a little thinner than the pushed forward matrices substantially as described.

3. The combination with a matrix bar magazine having separate chambers for each species of matrix and delivery-channels arl ranged substantially at right angles to each l matrix-chamber, of matrix slides supporting the matrix-bars in the channels and each having a linger to push forward the matrices each finger cooperating with the thin sorts of matrices being" thicker than these matrices and having achamfered face and a front edge which is'a little thinner than the pushed forward matrices and each finger being providedon its back part with a projection of such breadth as,-to prevent the matrices of the transverse channel to'slide through behind the finger substantially as described.

\ 4. The combination with a matrix bar magazine having separate chambers for each species of matrix and delivery channels ar- 8-0 ranged substantially at right angles to each matrix chamber, of matrix slides supporting the matrix-bars in the channels and each having a finger to push forward the matrices w each finger haying a chamfered face and a front edgewhich is a little thinner than the pushed forward matrices and being provided on its back part with a projection of such a breadth as to prevent the matrices'of the transverse channel to slide through behind the finger and otmatrix suspending guide bars one in each of the magazine cross-channels, the front edge-of which has a distance of a little morethan one, but less than two matrices from the front wall of the magazine canals, substantially as described.

- 5. The combination with the magazine matrix-slides, the oscillator being engaged. by the released delivery-gate, of a series of one-armed levers pivotally mounted in the upper portion of the oscillator and cooperating with the even rear edge of the matrix SHOES, these levers being formed as eccentrics the radius of which increasing from the upper to the under part ofeach lever, sub: stantially as described.

6. The combination with the magazine out of the assembly-box, stop-bars or matrix catching bottoms, separate mechanisms for actuating the slides, the plunger and the stop-bars of devices for moving each of'these three mechanisms independently of the other substantially as described.

7. The combination with the magazine matrix slides, a plunger to push matrix-bars out of the assembly-box, stop bars or matrix catching bottoms, a mechanism for retracting the stop bars or matrix-catching bottoms, of devices for moving these three mechanisms independently of one another and of an oscillator mechanism provided with three independent bell-crank levers each operatively connected with a separate cam disk substantially as described. I

8. The combination with the magazine matrix slides, a .lunger to push matrix bars out of the assembly-box, stop-bars or matrix catching bottoms, a mechanism for retracting the stop bars or matrix catching bottoms of 130 devices for movin these three mechanisms inde endently of one another, of an oscillator mec anism provided with means for 0 erating each of said three devices indepem ently of the others and of an oscillator s )indle operating these means when coupled 'to a continuously rotating mechanism by a longitudinally adjustable and spring actuated coupling disk, a locking member being released by the action of the magazine matrix slide moving rearward substantially as described.

9. The combination with the matrix-bar magazine having matrix-bar chambers and delive channels, matrix-delivery gates, an assemb y-box, of a system of stop bars or matrix catching bottoms, each of them being disposed when required either for supporting the released matrix from falling downwards or for detaining it from s ringing backwards substantially as described 10. The combination with the matrix-bar magazine having matrix bar chambers and delivery channels, matrix delivery gates, an assembly box of a system of stop bars or matrix catching bottoms, each of them being disposed when required either for supporting the released matrix from falling downwards or for detaining it from springing backwards and means for simultaneously bringing forward two of these stop bars or-bottoms into the assembly box, substantially as described.

11. The combination with the matrix-bar magazine havin matrix-bar chambers and deliver channels, matrix-delivery gates, an

- assemb y-box, of a system of stop bars or matrix catching bottoms arranged one above the other, each of them being isposed when required either for supporting the released matrix from falling downwards or for detaining itfrom springing backwards, and

means for simultaneously bringing forward two one arranged above the other of these stop-bars or bottoms into the assembly-box, substantially as described.

12. The combination with the matrix-bar magazine having matrix-bar chambers and delivery channels, matrix-delivery gates, an assembly-box, of a system of stop bars or matrix catching bottoms arran ed one above the other each of them being is used when required either for supporting t 1e released matrix from falling downwards or from detaining it from springing backwards, and

means for simultaneously bringing forward two one arranged above the other of these stop bars or bottoms into the assembly-box, the upper bottom acting as looking pawl and engaging in a groove on the matrix substantially as described. 13. The combination with the matrix-ha magazine having matrix-bar chambers and deliver T channels, matrix-delivery gates, an

assemb y-box, of a system of stop here or matrix catching bottoms arranged one above the other each of them being dis osed when required either for su porting t e released matrix from falling ownwards or for detaming it from springing backwards and means for simultaneously bringing forward two one arranged above the other of these stop-bars or bottoms into theassembly-box, the upper bottom acting as looking pawl and engaging in a speciall the matrix substantially as described.

14. The combination with the matrix-bar magazine having matrix-bar chambers and delivery channels, matrix-delivery gates, an assembly box, of a system of stop bars or arranged groove on matrix catching bottoms arran ed one above the other each of them being is osed when required either for su porting t e released matrix from falling ownwards or for de-- taining it from springing backwards and means for simultaneously bringing forward two one arranged above the other of these stop bars or bottoms into the assembly-box, the upper bottom acting as looking pawl and engaging in one of the back side notches of the matrix-bar used as guiding slot for the opposite intaglio character substantially as described.

15; The combination with the matrix-bar magazine, having matrix-bar chambers and delivery channels, matrix-delivery ates, an

assembly-box, of a system of sto are and systems of levers actuated by these. stopbars, intermediate means to cooperate with both, each stop bar being arranged in such a manner as to push forward when struck simultaneously two succeedinglevers, the lower serving as a bottom, the upper as a pawl for die fallin matrix and eng a ing in a special or an ordinary groove of t is matrix substantially as described.

16. The combinationwith the matrix-bar magazine having matrix-bar chambers and delivery-chaimels, matrix-delivery gates, an assembly-box of a system of stop bars, of

double-armed levers pivotally attached to the upper side of the stop bars and cooperating with rotatably mounted spring actuated double-armed levers sharpened at the end which serves as bottom and pawl and booked at the other end and of triangular blocks connected with the under side of the stop bars each having an oblique face cooperating with the rear end of the doublearmed lever .attached to the next below arranged stopbar, substantially as described.

17. The combination with the matrixbar magazine having matrix-bar chambers and delivery channels, matrix-delivery gates an assembly-box, of a system of stop bars of vertical projections attached to the upper side of the stop bars, pivotally mounted levers each pivotally bearing a spring actuated bottom lever sharpened at one end, and two of which always cooperate with one of the mentioned stop bar projections, and of spring controlled pins pressing the sharpened end of the bottom levers out from the matrix falling room of the assembler substantially as described.

18. The combination with a matrix-line, a line-abutment or collector-carriage of a spring projected slide guided in grooves'of the carriage frame, these grooves arranged so as to allow the released slide to withdraw from the matrix-line in a frictionless manner and means for locking and releasing the slide substantially as described.

19. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage of a spring projected slide guided in the carriage, of a perforated or recessed plate sliding in grooves of the carriageframe and locking the slide, means for moving this plate with in the grooves to release the slide springing into the recesses of the plate and menas for moving the plate to lock the slide pushed forward substantially as described.

20. The combination with a line-abut ment or collector carriage of a spring projected slide guided in the carriage, of a per forated or recessed plate sliding in'grooves of the carriage frame and locking the slide, a stop striking the front edge of the plate when the matrix-line is almost completed, thus re leasing the slide and means for removing the collector carriage onto its original position substantially as described.

21. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage of a spring projected slide guided in the carriage, of a perforated or recessed plate sliding in grooves of the carriage. frame and locking the slide, means for moving this plate within the grooves to release the slide springing into the recesses of the plate and means cooperating with the slide to push it forward while the collector carriage is returning to its original position substantially as described.

22. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage of a spring projected slide guided in the carriage, of a perforated or recessed plate sliding in grooves of the carriage frame and locking the slide, a stop striking thefront edge of the plate when the matrix-line is almost completed thus releasing the slide, means for removing the collector carriage onto its original position,

a spring actuated tappet lever cooperating -wit the slide pushing it against the locking plate, of a stop striking the upper arm of the tappet lever While the collector carriage is returning to its original position and of pins limitin the stroke of the tappet lever substantia y as described.

23. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage of a spring projected slide guided in the carriage, of a perforated or recessed plate sliding in grooves of the carriage frame and lockin the slide, a stop striking the front edge of t e plate when the matrix-line is almost completed, thus.

a spring actuated tappet lever cooperating with a slot provided within the slide pushing it against the locking plate, of a stop striking the upper arm of the tappet lever while the collector carria e is returning to its original position and 01 pins limitin' the stroke of the tappet lever, substantially as described.

24. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage ofa slide guided in grooves of the carriage frame, a sliding plate locking the slide perforations or recesses within the plate. to release the slide, a 'stop cooperating with the plate, a spring actuated piston to remove the plate the slide being ushed forward,-a spring actuated tappet ever cooperating with the slide pushing it against the locking plate and a stop striking the upper arm of the tappet lever while the collector carriage is returning'to its original position to push forward the slide onto its ocked position, substantially as described.

25. The combination with a line-abutment or collector carriage of an'above beveled slide guided in grooves of the carriage frame, asliding plate releasing and locking the slide, perforations or recesses with beveled edges within the plate to cooperate with the beveled upper edge of the slide, two stops striking the front and the rearedge of the plate thus releasing and locking the slide, a spiral spring cooperating with a slot Within the slide to push the slide against the locking plate and of a pin limiting the stroke of the spiral spring substantially as described.

26. The combination witha matrix assembly device, an alining bar for assembling the matrices, a line carriage rail, of a jutting linecarriage body, a matrix transporting bar at'' tached to the line-carriage between its main body and the frame of the machine, a spring actuated swinging wing placed on the right side of the carriage body, a parallel sliding wing, a sleeve connected to the swinging wing and guiding the sliding wing, means for locking and releasing the swinging wing and means for moving the sliding wing parallel with itself substantially as described.

27. The combination with a line-carriage of a swinging wing, a spring actuated doublearmed lever locklng this wing, a hand actuated lever pushing the wing into contact with the double-armed lever, means for releasing the wing by raising the interior arm of the lever, a sliding wing, a sleeve connected to the swinging wing and guiding thesliding wing and means for moving the sliding wing parallel with itself substantially as described.

28. The combination with a line-carriage, a spring actuated hand locked swinging wing, a sliding wing and a guiding sleeve connected to the swinging wing of a screw sleeve tightened to a shaft moving the sliding wing, 

